Incidents

Tanker at Port of Novorossiysk
Tankers

Ukrainian attacks deal severe blow to Russian Black Sea oil exports

Reuters
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat patrol Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province to search for the missing passengers of a small boat that had capsized in the area, August 27, 2026. The white structure on the left is the steeple of a church that had become submerged when the 600-hectare lake was formed in 1991 following a volcanic eruption in nearby Pampanga province.
Accidents

VIDEO | Six dead, three others missing after lake boat capsizes in Zambales, Philippines

Will Xavier
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

Zimbabwe official charged with homicide over ferry tragedy that killed nearly 100

Gareth Havelock
Cocaine seized from a drug-smuggling boat interdicted by the crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon 50 miles off Puerto Rico, August 21, 2026
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying over $54m in cocaine seized off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
US forces strike a drug boat in the Caribbean
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | Another US attack on drug boat in Caribbean kills four

Reuters
Aerial view of smoke billowing from the hold of the bulk carrier Federal Welland at the Port of Cardiff, UK, August 25, 2026
Incidents

Fire ignites on bulk carrier in Cardiff, UK

Gareth Havelock
An Indian Coast Guard boarding team inspects an empty lifeboat that was aboard the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner when it sank in the Bay of Bengal on August 22, 2026. Only two survivors have been reported among the ship's 24-strong crew as of August 26, 2026.
Search and Rescue

Chinese vessels join search for missing cargo ship crew in Bay of Bengal

Gareth Havelock
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FACTBOX | Inside the new US "economic onslaught" taking aim at Iran

Reuters
Kharg Island, Iran
Crime & Piracy

OPINION | New US sanctions against Iran look more like a threat than reality

Reuters
Caspian Pipeline Consortium single-point mooring
Transport & Pipelines

Drone attacks on CPC pipeline trigger cut in Kazakhstan oil targets

Reuters
US forces strike a drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, August 23, 2026.
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | US military hits drug boat in the eastern Pacific, two dead

Reuters
The tug SL Sual 1 shortly before it sank off the Philippines' Zambales province during an unsuccessful salvage attempt, August 24, 2026. All 10 people who were on board the tug during the salvage operation jumped overboard and were safely rescued.
Accidents

VIDEO | Refloated tug sinks during salvage attempt off Zambales, Philippines

Jens Karsten
National Iranian Tanker Company tanker
Shipping

US warns nations trading with Iran, stops short of immediate action

Reuters
Port of Novorossiysk
Bulkers

Russia scrambles to safeguard grain exports amid Ukrainian strikes

Reuters
Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia
Incidents

Houthis claim attack on Saudi vessel near Yanbu, crew safe

Reuters
FPSO Liza Unity Guyana
Incidents

Laundry room fire disrupts ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO operations

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Crime & Piracy

Tunisia illegal migrant boat sinking leaves 11 dead, three missing

Reuters
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The bulk carrier Sun Winner II (later renamed Ocean Winner) in 2023
Accidents

22 missing after bulk carrier sinks off India's east coast

Gareth Havelock
The burning fishing vessel Drennec while approximately 527 miles southwest of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, August 20, 2026. All 27 of her crew were safely rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel that had diverted to the area to assist.
Accidents

27 rescued from burning fishing vessel off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

Will Xavier
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